Two days before leaving Jinghai City, Bai Lu packed all the things she needed to take away, in large and small bags.
"What should we do with the remaining tables, chairs, beds and cabinets?" She sighed, "Especially the ones in the Jinbao House are all new and cannot be taken away. It would be a pity to lose them..."
"Give it away," Su Jianmin said, "See who wants it and let them take it."
Bai Lu nodded, "Okay, I'll ask Yulan and Hongmei if they want these furniture first, let them choose first, and then share the rest with others."
Speaking of which, she looked at Yao Hua, who was standing with Jin Bao, and asked, "Hua Hua, is your home missing any furniture?"
Yao Hua subconsciously grabbed Jin Bao's hand, frowning tightly, as if he still couldn't accept the fact that Jin Bao was really going to move away.
Just when Bai Lu thought he was unwilling to speak, he said: "Jin Bao's desk, I want..."
"Desk? Okay, I'll let your Uncle Su move it to your house tomorrow." Bai Lu said.
After she finished speaking, she took a look at the paintings on the wall. Most of the paintings were painted by Wen Nian, and a few were painted by Xiao Si.
Wennian's paintings are very beautiful. Some are pencil sketches, some are colored gouache paintings, and the rest of the graffiti-like pictures were scrawled by Xiaosi. I remember that he was less than seven years old at the time. I saw his third brother's paintings posted on
You must put your own paintings on the wall.
Later, when he grew up, Xiaosi felt that the paintings he drew were too ugly and it would be embarrassing if someone saw them posted on the wall. He wanted to tear them up, but his father stopped him and said that he had to stick these paintings on the wall.
, so as to better highlight how beautiful his third brother’s paintings are.
Thinking of Xiaosi's expression that was about to cry but had no tears at that time, Bai Lu couldn't help but want to laugh.
Later, shortly after moving to a new home, Jianmin felt that the wall was too empty, so he pasted all the paintings on it.
Although the drawing paper has turned yellow and the color has completely faded, looking at them always reminds me of the time spent in this home over the years.
"I have to put these paintings away," Bai Lu said, "and keep them well."
Su Jianmin listened to his wife's words, stepped on the chair, carefully tore off the paintings from the wall, wiped off the dust on them, and put them all into a box.
"Where are the bicycles?" Jinbao asked, "Dad, can we take the bicycles away? It is far from the countryside to the towns. It will definitely be much more convenient if we have a bicycle."
"Yes! We also have a bicycle at home..."
Su Jianmin frowned helplessly, "The bicycle is too big, so it definitely can't be carried on the train."
Yao Hua suggested at this time: "You can disassemble the bicycle first, then put it into the box, and then reassemble it when you get to the village. Although the process is a bit complicated, I think with Uncle Su's hands-on ability, it should be
It’s not a big problem.”
"Speaking of which, I have never dismantled this bicycle," Su Jianmin said, "but I think it shouldn't be difficult."
At this point, he couldn't help but praise: "Hua Hua, thank you for coming up with this idea."
Grabbing a screwdriver and other tools, he went downstairs and started to dismantle the bicycle.
Compared with large machinery, the disassembly and assembly of this bicycle is child's play for Su Jianmin.
Not long after, I saw that he had removed the two tires. Many people around him were talking and asked Su Jianmin loudly: "Master Su, why did you dismantle the bicycle? If you don't want it anymore, you can sell it to me. I
Out of fifty..."
"I want to buy a bicycle at fifty. You really have a good idea. Master Su, I'll pay you sixty!"
Su Jianmin smiled and said: "Give me six hundred and I won't sell it. This is what I want to take away and use in the future."
Only then did the others realize that he was going to dismantle the bicycle and take it away.
Lin Yulan had just returned from the supply and marketing cooperative. When she heard Su Jianmin's words, her eyes suddenly turned red, and sadness filled her heart. She thought that Damei had married and left, and now Lulu would also leave with Jinbao.
"Xiao Lin," Su Jianmin looked up and saw Lin Yulan and said, "go to my house and see if there is any furniture you want. We can't take away those beds, cabinets and the like."
Lin Yulan sniffed and said, "I don't lack anything."
Knowing that the Su family was going to give away furniture, many people couldn't help but interrupt and asked: "Master Su, my house is short of a cabinet, why don't you give it to me?"
"I also need a cabinet at home!"
"Master Su, I remember, didn't you have someone build a desk for Jinbao before? That desk is nice. My eldest girl happens to need a desk, why don't you give it to me? My eldest daughter and Jinbao are in the same class..."
Xu Huihong squeezed into the crowd anxiously, "What's wrong with Da Niu and Jin Bao being in the same class? My Xiaojie and Jin Bao are still sitting at the same table. They have a good relationship and play together every day. That desk should be given to me.
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Su Jianmin frowned in displeasure when he heard the group of them arguing so noisily for him to deliver something.
He interrupted them, "I have promised to give the desk to Hua Hua..."
"The bed is fine too! Jinbao's single bed is quite new, isn't it?"
After Xu Huihong finished speaking, she immediately said: "Any other cabinet will do, I won't choose."
Lin Yulan couldn't stand listening anymore. She already hated Xu Huihong, and now she even disliked her.
"Why should I give it to you?" Lin Yulan mocked, "You haven't chosen yet. Why do you have the right to choose if you want to get something for free?"
At this point, she said to Su Jianmin: "Don't give them even one thing! These people are all useless. When you were the director of the factory, they scolded you so fiercely that they even came to your home to scold you! If not
They, you and Lulu may not leave...
Now that you have taken the lead to go to the countryside, they want to come and ask for something from you again, how shameless!"
"Lin Yulan, what do you mean?" Everyone asked displeased, "We were also annoyed at that time. Who asked him to send people to our house every day to do ideological work? Why can't we have some opinions?"
"That's right, what did you say? We have been neighbors for so many years and are just helpless people. That's too harsh to say. Besides, it was Su Jianmin who first said he wanted to give the furniture, and we didn't ask him to give it to us.
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Bai Lu originally took Jin Bao and Hua Hua downstairs to see if her husband's disassembly of the bicycle was going smoothly. Unexpectedly, as soon as she reached the stairs, she heard the sound of everyone arguing with Yu Lan in the yard.
Jin Bao puffed up his mouth and said angrily: "These people are really annoying!"
"Aunt Bai, I think Aunt Lin is right, you shouldn't give them anything, not even a single thing."
After Yao Hua finished speaking, he added: "You can find a flea market and have people come to recycle the furniture. Maybe you can sell it for a good price."
After listening to what the two children said, Bai Lu sighed softly.
When she walked downstairs, she did not follow what Jinbao and Huahua said, saying that she had decided not to give away the furniture and would sell it all. Instead, she told everyone: "Hongmei is Jinbao's godmother, and Yulan is Zhiyuan's mother-in-law."
, after they have picked out the rest, on the day we leave, you can come directly to our door and move it away, and you can take whatever you want."
The group of people who were still aggressive before immediately changed their expressions.
They gathered around Bai Lu, "Really? Get whatever you want? Including the bed?"
"If Hongmei and Yulan don't take the bed away, then you can move it away. Whoever gets it first will be the winner."
Everyone forgot about the unpleasant quarrel with Lin Yulan before, and everyone was gearing up, thinking that they had to grab a piece of furniture the day after tomorrow.
Seeing that everyone in the building had dispersed, Lin Yulan stepped forward and said, "Lulu, why did you give them the furniture?"
She looked like she hated iron, "Although kindness is a good thing, you can't have a bottom line. The way they looked just now was too annoying, especially that Xu Huihong, as if you owed her something, it's really disgusting
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Bai Lu sighed, "How can I be so kind? I'm doing it for you! Of course I can sell all the furniture or even throw it away without giving them any of it, but then you and those people will have a bad relationship.
Yet?
Jianmin and I left, out of sight and out of mind. What about you?
You still have to live here, and you can't see them when you look up or down.
Yulan, you have such a hot temper that you have offended many people in the building over the years. Your boss Xu spends most of his time in the factory. Damei and Zhiyuan go to the oil field again. After I leave, how will you deal with the troubles made by those people by yourself?
ah?"
Unexpectedly, Lulu decided to give away all the furniture for her own sake. Lin Yulan's nose felt sour and she couldn't help crying, "Lulu, I really can't bear to see you go. When you leave, I usually have no one to talk to.